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New comment by CountGeek in "OpenTrafficMap"

CountGeek — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:47:29 +0000

I recently learned that with smart traffic lights cyclists can change traffic lights -https://nltimes.nl/2026/04/28/new-app-turns-traffic-lights-g...

New comment by CountGeek in "Epigenetic fingerprints link early-onset colon&rectal cancer pesticide exposure"

CountGeek — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 05:44:13 +0000

This isn't just a USA thing, the EU Commission literally just updated residue limits for it in July 2025 [1] and interestingly Corteva Agriscience which is the company selling it, supplies the safety data EFSA uses to keep it on our plates. [2]

[1]https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/1305/oj/eng#:~:text=C...

[2]https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2903/j.efsa.2024...

EU Commission, Enisa, and DG Digital Services Breached by ShinyHunters

CountGeek — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 05:20:23 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/IntCyberDigest/status/2038038430752374888

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47560589

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by CountGeek in "Commission responds to cyber-attack on its Europa web platform"

CountGeek — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 05:14:18 +0000

According to https://x.com/IntCyberDigest/status/2038038430752374888?s=20

The EU Commission, ENISA, and the DG for Digital Services have been compromised by threat actor ShinyHunters.

Leaked data includes: ▪ Emails & attachments ▪ Full SSO user directory ▪ DKIM signing keys ▪ AWS config snapshots ▪ NextCloud/Athena data ▪ Internal admin URLs

New comment by CountGeek in "Show HN: I built a real-time OSINT dashboard pulling 15 live global feeds"

CountGeek — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 20:49:01 +0000

This is neat. It reminds me of this https://curves-voluntary-livecam-sandra.trycloudflare.com/

New comment by CountGeek in "Show HN: Lendy – Keep track of books you have lended"

CountGeek — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 22:12:43 +0000

Plese put up some screenshots.

New comment by CountGeek in "Self-hosting my photos with Immich"

CountGeek — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 06:14:13 +0000

It has that. Select the media you want to delete, tap & hold, then scroll to the right in the menu and select Delete from device. At least on Android this is the way.

New comment by CountGeek in "More random home lab things I've recently learned"

CountGeek — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 07:39:07 +0000

Jellyfin, Jellyserr on a QNAP TS-464 runs perfectly well for serving even 4k x265.

New comment by CountGeek in "NanoChat – The best ChatGPT that $100 can buy"

CountGeek — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 18:41:52 +0000

So could I in practice train it on all my psychology books, materials, reports, case study and research papers and then run it on demand on a 1xH100 node - https://getdeploying.com/reference/cloud-gpu/nvidia-h100 whenever I have a specialised question?

New comment by CountGeek in "Unix philosophy and filesystem access makes Claude Code amazing"

CountGeek — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 18:07:28 +0000

Maybe this is of interest https://laurentcazanove.com/blog/obsidian-rag-api

New comment by CountGeek in "Good EU regulations"

CountGeek — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:15:25 +0000

Pets remove plastic and instead poison ourselves.

  A 2023 Belgian study[0] tested 39 brands of straws (paper, bamboo, glass, stainless steel, and plastic):

  Paper and bamboo straws most frequently contained PFAS, sometimes at high levels.

  Plastic straws also contained PFAS, but less consistently.

  Stainless steel straws were PFAS-free in that study.

[0]https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-9-2023-00268...

New comment by CountGeek in "Kagi should reach 50 000 users in about 10 days"

CountGeek — Sat, 31 May 2025 21:21:52 +0000

I have tried Kagi for a month and it has been good. Clean results and on point for my basic searches compared to Google. Though not much different than when using my selfhosted searxng...

I am now trying to decide if I want it for the standard AI models or if I can continue scraping by the available free (restricted) offerings from various providers. There is a difference in the quality of responses between Chatgpt and when using Kagi. I guess that's what you get when using an agent...

New comment by CountGeek in "Airbnb is in midlife crisis mode"

CountGeek — Thu, 15 May 2025 04:36:53 +0000

Leaving a negative review is not outright illegal, but it can lead to legal consequences if deemed defamatory or false. If a review contains unsubstantiated claims or personal attacks, the business can pursue legal action for defamation.

The nuances of these laws can vary, so context matters significantly in legal interpretations.

New comment by CountGeek in "Netherlands launches fund to lure top scientists, like those fleeing the U.S."

CountGeek — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 18:56:13 +0000

Come if you want - 56% income tax - housing shortage which is leading to landlords charging 1.5k eur for just a room - ever increase in public transport (train) unreliability and degrading conditions (shorter carriages during peak times) - increasing health insurance costs with fewer benefits - diversity, inclusion and acceptance by the community - directness (although it's a fine line between being direct and rude so YMMV) - poldermodel (things may take a few iterations to get done)

New comment by CountGeek in "Docs – Open source alternative to Notion or Outline"

CountGeek — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 22:18:26 +0000

A while back this was posted on HN - https://github.com/docmost/docmost/

New comment by CountGeek in "Docs – Open source alternative to Notion or Outline"

CountGeek — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 22:17:41 +0000

And Docmost - https://github.com/docmost/docmost

New comment by CountGeek in "Covid-19 speeds up artery plaque growth, raising heart disease risk"

CountGeek — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 04:49:15 +0000

>"Additionally, the study was conducted at a single center in China, which may limit generalizability to other populations. The researchers also acknowledged that factors such as reinfection risk, vaccination status, and behavioral differences (e.g., medication adherence) could not be fully accounted for."

With no mention if the subjects were smokers, had diabetes, overweight or sedentary lifestyles seems to me like a wholelotta nothing burger.

New comment by CountGeek in "Lucky young couple lands gig taking care of uninhabited Irish island"

CountGeek — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 04:36:33 +0000

People can also apply to become "Calf of Man Ornithological Wardens" - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-45965251

New comment by CountGeek in "Ask HN: What's the best way to de-Google photos?"

CountGeek — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 09:11:30 +0000

Similar situation whereas instead of swapping cloud for cloud I purchased a QNAP which can run containers and have setup immich & caddy on that.

WAF is good and even grandparents are able to use the immich app to view photos.

New comment by CountGeek in "Schengen: Council decides to lift land border controls with Bulgaria and Romania"

CountGeek — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 16:40:12 +0000

After 17 years since joining EU and 14 years since Romania met all the technical accession they were all able to join.

Since 2011 Romania was blocked by The Netherlands and Austria from joining. When one country didn't contest, the other did, and so here we are 14 years later.